# Charles Wilson

Charles, Charlie, Charley, or Chuck Wilson may refer to:

## Academics

* Charles Edward Wilson (educationalist) (1815–1888), Scottish teacher and educationalist
* Charles Robert Wilson (1863–1904), English academic and historian of British India
* Charles Wilson (political scientist) (1909–2002), Scottish political scientist and university administrator
* Charles Wilson (historian) (1914–1991), English business historian and Cambridge University professor
* Charles Wilson (economist), American economist and academic administrator

## Arts and entertainment

* Charles Heath Wilson (1809–1882), Anglo-Scottish painter, art teacher and author
* Charles Wilson (Scottish architect) (1810–1861), Scottish architect
* Charles C. Wilson (architect) (1864–1933), American architect
* Charles J. A. Wilson (1880-1965), Scottish-born American artist, painter, etcher, and illustrator
* Charles C. Wilson (1894–1948), American film actor
* Charles Morrow Wilson (1905–1977), American writer
* Charles Banks Wilson (1918–2013), American artist
* Charles Wilson (composer) (1931–2019), Canadian composer and choral conductor
* Chuck Wilson (jazz musician) (1948–2018), American jazz musician
* Charlie Wilson (singer) (born 1953), American R&B singer; frontman of the Gap Band
* Ricky Wilson (singer) (Charles Richard Wilson, born 1978), lead singer of Kaiser Chiefs and judge on The Voice

## Business and industry

* Charles Anthony Corbett Wilson (1827–1923), Australian civil engineer
* Charles Rivers Wilson (1831–1916), British civil servant and financier
* Charles Alfred Wilson (1855-1935), American civil engineer
* Charles Corbett Powell Wilson (c.1857–c.1938), Australian civil engineer
* Charles G. Wilson (fl. 1880s–1890s), American financier and businessman
* Charles Edward Wilson (businessman) (1886–1972), American businessman; CEO of General Electric
* Charles Kemmons Wilson (1913–2003), American hotelier; founder of Holiday Inn chain
* Charles T. Wilson (1879–1974), American businessman; crude rubber importer
* Chuck Wilson (multimedia executive) (born 1968), American entrepreneur

## Law and politics
### United Kingdom

* Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme (1833–1907), English shipowner, Liberal Member of Parliament (MP)
* Charles Wilson (Conservative politician) (1859–1930), British politician; MP for Leeds Central
* Charles Wilson, 2nd Baron Nunburnholme (1875–1924), British politician; MP for Hull West

### United States

* Charles Burnett Wilson (1850–1926), Marshal of the Kingdom of Hawaii
* Charles Erwin Wilson (1890–1961), United States Secretary of Defense (1953–1957) and head of General Motors
* Malcolm Wilson (politician) (Charles Malcolm Wilson, 1914–2000), Governor of New York
* Charles H. Wilson (1917–1984), U.S. Congressman from California and State Assemblyman
* Charlie Wilson (Texas politician) (1933–2010), U.S. Congressman from Texas, 1973–1997; previously State Representative, then State Senator
* Charlie Wilson (Ohio politician) (1943–2013), U.S. Congressman, previously State Representative, then State Senator
* Charles R. Wilson (judge) (born 1954), American federal judge
* Charles Wilson (Vermont politician), state legislator in Vermont

### Elsewhere

* Charles Wilson (Quebec politician) (1808–1877), Canadian politician; senator and member of the Legislative Council of Quebec
* Charles Wilson (British Columbia politician) (1841–1924), Canadian politician
* Charles Wilson (Australian politician) (1842–1926), member of the New South Wales Parliament
* Charles Wilson (librarian) (1857–1932), New Zealand politician; MP and parliamentary librarian
* Charles Wilson (New Zealand Reform Party politician) (1862–1934), New Zealand Member of Parliament

## Military

* Charles Wilson (sailor) (1836–?), Union Navy sailor during the American Civil War
* Charles E. Wilson (Medal of Honor) (1840–1915), American Civil War sergeant
* Charles Edward Wilson (rugby union) (1871–1914), British military officer and rugby union player
* Chuck Wilson (pilot) (born 1953), American USAF military officer

## Science and medicine

* Charles William Wilson (1836–1905), English archaeologist
* Charles Branch Wilson (1861–1941), American marine biologist
* Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869–1959), Scottish physicist awarded the Nobel Prize
* Charles Wilson, 1st Baron Moran (1882–1977), British physician; personal doctor to Winston Churchill
* Charles Byron Wilson (1929–2018), American neurosurgeon

## Sports
### Association football (soccer)

* Charles Plumpton Wilson (1859–1938), English footballer
* Charlie Wilson (footballer, born 1877) (1877–?), English footballer for Liverpool and Stockport County
* Charlie Wilson (footballer, born 1895) (1895–1971), English footballer for Spurs, Huddersfield Town and Stoke City
* Charlie Wilson (footballer, born 1904) (1904–1994), English footballer for Grimsby Town
* Charlie Wilson (footballer, born 1905) (1905–1985), English footballer for West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield Wednesday
* Charlie Wilson (Burnley footballer) (fl. 1940s), English footballer for Burnley

### Baseball

* Charley Wilson (1895–1965), American Negro leagues baseball player
* Charlie Wilson (baseball) (1905–1970), American baseball player for the Boston Braves and St. Louis Cardinals
* Chuck Wilson (baseball) (1929–1983), American Negro leagues baseball player

### Other sports

* Charles Wilson (fencer) (1865–1950), British Olympic fencer
* Charles Wilson (cricketer) (1869–1952), Australian cricketer who played mainly in New Zealand
* Chilla Wilson (Charles Roy Wilson, 1931–2016), Australian rugby union player and manager
* Chuck Wilson (sports journalist) (born 1954), American sports journalist
* Charles Wilson (American football) (born 1968), American football wide receiver
* Charles Wade Wilson, an American football player and coach primarily known as Wade Wilson
* Chuck Wilson (sprinter) (born 1968), American sprinter

## Others

* Charlie Wilson (criminal) (1932–1990), English career criminal, one of the Great Train Robbery gang
* Charles Wilson (journalist) (1935–2022), Scottish-born newspaper editor

## Other uses

* Charles E. Wilson (1973 ship), a ship launched in 1973 named for Charles E. Wilson